We know September is nine months away, but we couldn’t help but start speculating about the who’s who of NCAA women’s volleyball in 2017.

A lot will change, of course, before the season officially begins, but here’s what we know now: Stanford won the National Championship with youth and will keep most of the team intact, while teams like Minnesota and Nebraska will lose more than a few top players, which could spell trouble for them down the line.

As teams start returning to their gyms for spring training, here’s a look at where the top programs might fall when the first whistle blows later this year.

1. Stanford

The 2016 national champions will be without AVCA First-Team All-American Inky Ajanaku in 2017, but most of the team will be back to contend for a top-title repeat, led by AVCA Coach of the Year John Dunning.

Freshman of the Year and First-Team All-American Kathryn Plummer will be a player to watch. She led Stanford in kills and kills per set with 461 and 3.34, respectively.

Third-Team All-American Merete Lutz will return as well. She switched from middle blocker to opposite hitter this season and finished with 2.29 kills per set.

Stanford finished 27-7 (15-5 Pac-12).

2. Texas

The national championship runners-up Longhorns will start the 2017 season bringing in a top recruiting class featuring Lexi Sun, the No. 1 recruit (per PrepVolleyball), as well as No. 2 Brionne Butler and No. 6 Ashley Shook.

3. Minnesota

However, First-Team All-American and Big Ten Setter of the Year Samantha Seliger-Swenson will return in 2017. In her sophomore season, she had 1,465 assists and 11.63 assists per set, good for first and eighth in the nation, respectively.

Minnesota finished 29-5 (17-3 Big Ten).

4. Washington

The Huskies fell to Nebraska in the Elite Eight, but they’ll graduate only one senior and reboot with a young roster.